Mardi Gras season means the aromas of everything delicious will be coming from kitchens up and down the block. And whether you’re marching in costume on the route, or catching throws, or hosting a krewe of friends at home, you’re gonna need party food that’s big, bold, and joyful – just like Mardi Gras Day. Set the table with purple, green and gold and roll into Mardi Gras with our downright delicious recipes, all made extra rich ‘n tasty with Blue Plate Mayo – That’s the good stuff!
Parade Day Po-Boys
As the Official Mayo of the Po-Boy, we like to think our po-boy recipes are Mardi Gras royalty! We’ve even got our own Po-Boy Guide so you can dive deep into New Orleans po-boys, how to dress them and where to eat them.
Mini Po-Boy Party Platter
Creole Hot Sausage Po-Boy
Roast Beef Debris Po-Boy
Fried Blackened Shrimp Po-Boy
Cochon de Lait Po-Boy
Handheld Street Bites
We all need a hand free to catch beads or hold a drink during Carnival, so why not plan for it? Get parade ready with these street snack favorites that are easy to make and fun to eat at Mardi Gras.
Crawfish Hand Pies
Cajun Pigs in a Blanket
Crawfish Fritters with Spicy Comeback Sauce
Classic Ham & Swiss Sliders
Muffuletta Wrap
The Big Easy Buffet
Here’s how to fuel up for a full day of parading, walking and dancing with the ultimate Mardi Gras party spread! These festive bites and classic New Orleans party foods will keep your krewe satisfied from Zulu through to the last truck parade.
Jalapeño Pimento Cheese Dip
Bloody Mary Deviled Eggs
Fancy Cajun Crab Dip
Jambalaya Quiche
Muffuletta Pasta Salad
Devilishly Good Chocolate Mayo Cupcakes
Besides being an all-American classic, corn dogs are a beloved game day food in Louisiana. And with a few creative sauces, dips and sides they’ll become the MVPs of your party or tailgate spread. They’re simple to serve, easy to eat with a drink in the other hand, and it’s fun to elevate this nostalgic favorite in new ways.
Serve a corn dog bar to remember:
• Start with a tray piled high with golden, crispy corn dogs: Stick to the classics or mix it up with mini corn dogs and veggie options.
• Bring on the sauces and dips! Elevate this retro snack into something special with hot honey mayo, Creole mustard, spicy remoulade sauce, creamy ranch dressing – you name it.
• Don’t forget toppers and sides, like crispy fried onions and pickle relish, Southern staples like spicy pimento cheese dip, and a nice crunchy coleslaw.
Top 10 Corn Dog Sauces, Dips & Sides
For a big taste of game day inspiration, dip into our favorite sauces, dips and sides to go with corn dogs – all made extra rich ‘n creamy with Blue Plate Mayo – That’s the good stuff!
1. Louisiana Style Hot Honey Mayo
A little spicy, nice and creamy, and plenty sweet, this is the Louisiana style corn dog dipper that no corn dog spread should be without.
2. Hot Dill Pickle Mayo
For pickle lovers who happen to be Southern, this is the dream. Slather it on a corn dog and enjoy the taste sensations that say game day in the South.
3. Tiger Mayo
Tiger Sauce is another Louisiana classic that, when paired with rich ‘n creamy Blue Plate Mayo, delivers the sweet heat we love.
4. Pink Fry Sauce
This sauce is a Gulf coast classic that many of us in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana grew up with as a dipper for anything fried – and for corn dogs of course.
5. Louisiana Style Remoulade Sauce
Full of classic Creole flavors, this is Louisiana’s spicy version of a traditional French sauce for seafood. Here in the Gulf South it’s popular as a condiment and dipping sauce for anything dippable!
6. Hot & Spicy Pimento Cheese
A classic Southern dip that is always invited to the party. Mixing Blue Plate Hot & Spicy Mayonnaise with three cheeses brings it to a whole new level.
7. Ranch Dressing
Homemade is the best, and surprisingly easy to make with help from Blue Plate Mayonnaise. Store the dressing for up to a week in a closed container in the refrigerator.
8. Creole Hot Corn Dip
Red bell peppers and green jalapeños add color and flavor to this cheesy, hot and bubbly dip. It’s seasoned Creole style – a perfect side dish for a corn dog spread.
9. Sriracha Comeback Sauce
“Comeback” sauce comes from Mississippi and has won the hearts and tastebuds of the whole Gulf South. This version has a little kick from a spicy Vietnamese style Sriracha sauce.
10. Southern Kick Coleslaw
A classic slaw with some extra Louisiana style heat provided by Blue Plate Hot & Spicy Mayonnaise. Serve it chilled as a nice and crunchy side dish.
Part of the fun of being an Official Sponsor of the 2025 New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee is sharing the big flavors of the Big Easy. Because in a city like ours that lives to eat, every game day is a feast. New Orleans football fans always bring big flavor to the table, so we’ve rounded up our most score-worthy recipes for your game day spread, all made with the rich and creamy goodness of Blue Plate – That’s the good stuff! Get ready to turn game day into a true celebration of food, friends and football.
Cajun Pigs In A Blanket
Bring the Louisiana flavor to game day with irresistible andouille sausage bites wrapped in flaky puff pastry. They’re paired with an easy Creole mustard and mayo dipping sauce that’s always a crowd-pleaser.
Bayou Hot Chicken Dip
Nothing says “game day” like hot chicken dip just out of the oven. Reminiscent of the famous Buffalo chicken dip, ours uses a local Louisiana hot sauce to add deep bayou cayenne flavor.
Creole Hot Sausage Po-Boy
The Vaucresson family has been making sausage in New Orleans since 1899. Dressed with pickled onions and Blue Plate Mayonaise, this is a classic game day po-boy that’s not to be missed.
Game Day Spicy Fried Chicken Sandwich
Marinated overnight in a Buttermilk Ranch Dressing and dressed with our Hot & Spicy Mayo and a savory Bacon & Tomato Jam, this irresistible fried chicken sandwich is our version of one served at the Caesar’s Superdome. It’s a fried chicken win on game day – or any day.
Hot & Spicy Pimento Cheese
This classic Southern dip is always invited to the party. Mixing our Hot & Spicy Mayo with cheddar cheese, aged gouda and pepper jack cheese will bring a much-loved traditional pimento cheese to a whole new level.
Crispy Baked Chicken Wings with Spicy Ranch Dressing
Baked wings can be just as tasty and crispy as fried, without the fuss and the extra fat. Serve these crispy Creole-seasoned wings with an easy Hot & Spicy Ranch Dressing for delicious dipping.
From potato salad seasoned with crab boil to dips comin’ in hot from the bayou, this game-day “Super Menu” is a winner. As an official sponsor of the 2025 Super Bowl Host Committee, we’re giving our guests a taste of New Orleans they’ll never forget! We created these recipes to represent the New Orleans and Louisiana food culture we’re famous for – and they’ll make a great kickoff for anyone’s game-day spread. That’s the good stuff!
Creole Shrimp Cocktail
Our Creamy Cocktail Sauce has a zesty horseradish kick that makes it the perfect dipping sauce for spicy boiled jumbo Gulf shrimp. This is a classic Southern appetizer and light luncheon dish that never goes out of style.
Fried Fish with Remoulade Sauce
Fry up some Louisiana love! Crispy, golden-fried fish with a spicy remoulade sauce is the perfect way to celebrate the flavors of the Gulf South. This recipe works well with catfish, drum, trout or any firm white fish.
Hot & Spicy Pimento Cheese
This classic Southern dip is always invited to the party. Mixing our Hot & Spicy Mayonnaise with cheddar cheese, aged gouda and pepper jack cheese will bring a much-loved traditional pimento cheese to a whole new level.
Cajun Dipping Sauce
A quick and easy pink fry dipping sauce for anything fried and anything seafood! Use it as a dipping sauce for boiled crawfish and shrimp, spread it on burgers, and serve it on the side with fried fish.
Chocolate Mayo Brownie Bites
Decadent meets delicious with help from a time-honored baking tip: add rich ‘n creamy Blue Plate Mayonnaise to cakes, cookies and brownies to get a soft texture and moist crumb every time. It’s the easy path to perfection.
Crab Boil Potato Salad
Game day can only get better with this potato salad on offer. It tastes just like the potato salad that Maw-maw makes with potatoes from a springtime seafood boil – spicy, zesty and unapologetically full of classic Louisiana flavor. Plus, Blue Plate Mayonnaise makes it extra rich ‘n creamy.
Southern Kick Coleslaw
A classic slaw with some extra Louisiana style heat provided by our Hot & Spicy Mayonnaise. Serve it chilled as the perfect complement to any hot barbecued or grilled foods.
In Louisiana we’ve got traditions all day long. One of the most hotly debated traditions around here, started long ago down the bayou in Cajun country, is putting potato salad in a bowl of gumbo. (But don’t worry, the rice doesn’t have to go anywhere! Two starches can be better than one, cher.)
The rules of potato salad in gumbo:
Across Louisiana we solidly agree on our love of gumbo, but we’re divided on this important matter of potato salad. Some of us want only rice in their gumbo, with maybe some potato salad on the side. Some want only potato salad in their gumbo. And some want both – if it’s done right! Everyone has their own way, but here is ours, and we’re sticking to it:
1. The potato salad has to be cold.
Gumbo is served piping hot and very peppery and spicy, so the trick is to scoop a little bit of the cold potato salad on your spoon first, and then spoon up the hot gumbo on top of it and eat it all in the same bite. The cold potato salad and spicy hot gumbo together create a sensation that’s as Louisiana as Mardi Gras and Jazz.
2. The creamier, the better.
You don’t put just any potato salad in gumbo. It has to be super creamy and “low profile” – with either small pieces of potato or mashed potato, and any seasoning veggies must be chopped small.
3. It has to be mustard based.
There’s some kind of je ne said quoi sensation when that cold, mustardy potato salad hits the hot, peppery gumbo. You kind of have to be there for it, so let’s get cooking!
4. There are no rules.
When all’s said and done, people will do it their way. They’ll put the potato salad in the bowl but at the very edge. Or they’ll drop it in the center of the gumbo. Or they’ll keep it in a separate side dish but still do the double dip thing. What’s important is to savor and enjoy two Southern culinary masterpieces whenever you can: Southern Potato Salad and Louisiana Gumbo. As they say down bayou in Cajun country, ca c’est bon.
What’s a potato salad without Blue Plate Mayo?
We hope we never find out! Blue Plate Mayo’s recipe using only the egg yolks whips up a perfectly creamy potato salad every time, to complement a gumbo or any other meal. Our favorite potato salad for gumbo is our Southern Potato Salad, but why stop there? Try these potato salads, all made extra rich ‘n creamy with help from Blue Plate Mayo – That’s the good stuff!
Southern Potato Salad
Every Southern family has a potato salad recipe – each one different but always delicious. A secret of potato salad: both potatoes and eggs need salt to bring out their flavor. Don’t overdo it, but don’t under-salt it, either.
Old Fashioned Potato Salad
Coarse-grain mustard, boiled egg, dill and red onion are the popular potato salad ingredients that make this simple recipe a classic. It’s perfect for gumbo!
Crab Boil Potato Salad
Game day can only get better with this potato salad on offer. It tastes just like the potato salad that Maw-maw makes with potatoes from a springtime seafood boil – spicy, zesty and unapologetically full of classic Louisiana flavor. Plus, Blue Plate Mayonnaise makes it extra rich ‘n creamy.
The best po-boys in the world can be found at the Oak Street Poboy Festival in New Orleans, and as the Official Mayo of Po-Boys, we’ll be at the fest. Meet us out there for live music and award-winning festival food on October 27!
Get ready to dive into the ultimate festival experience with the Blue Plate Mayo team! As proud sponsors, we’re bringing our own flavor of fun to four unforgettable Southern festivals this fall, and you won’t want to miss a second of it. From live music that’ll have you dancing all day to mouthwatering festival food, we’re spreading the good stuff everywhere we go.
October Festival Lineup:
- Southern Smoke Festival – October 5 in Houston, Texas
- Annual National Shrimp Festival – October 10-13 in Gulf Shores, Alabama
- Acadiana Eats Festival – October 26 in Lafayette, Louisiana
- Oak Street Po-Boy Festival – October 27 in New Orleans, Louisiana
At the festivals, just look out for Big Fluffy, our giant inflatable mayo jar mascot, and we’ll be there! Swing by to say hello and get a taste of some of our signature recipes – made with Blue Plate, of course. Plus, grab some free Blue Plate merch to take home. It’s going to be a celebration of Southern flavor, and we can’t wait to see y’all out on the festival grounds!
NEW ORLEANS, September 2024 – Louisiana-born Blue Plate is already a fan favorite in Baton Rouge, but the company is making it official as “The Official Mayo of the LSU Tigers” for the 2024-25 season. Founded in 1927, Blue Plate is beloved across the Gulf South and is the preferred mayo for tailgates and at many of Baton Rouge’s most iconic eateries.
Baton Rouge diners have long been able to enjoy Blue Plate at local institutions like the Pastime, Poor Boy Lloyd’s, George’s, Dearman’s, Mike Anderson’s and Phil’s Oyster Bar, but this season, Blue Plate lovers can add legendary Tiger Stadium to that list.
“At LSU Athletics, we are thrilled to partner with Blue Plate Mayo, a beloved brand that, like our Tigers, is a staple in Louisiana. We look forward to a winning season together, both on and off the field,” said Ben Price, director of partnerships at LSU Sports Properties.
“Blue Plate has been a family-owned, Louisiana company for nearly a century,” added Dan Trahant, director of marketing for Blue Plate. “We know how much food and football go hand in hand and we are proud to support the LSU Tigers by keeping fans fed and happy.”
In 2023, Blue Plate enlisted Baton Rouge-based design agency TILT for a packaging redesign that reflected the popular mayo’s Louisiana roots. The new label includes iconic Louisiana imagery and harkens back to the original blue plate Willow-ware china that inspired the brand name. The redesign signaled a rededication by Blue Plate to its roots here in the Pelican State.
This summer, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser proclaimed Blue Plate “The Official Mayo of Po-boys.” The company also launched a flavor-packed new Creole Tartar Sauce and Creamy Cocktail Sauce – the perfect dips for boiled seafood and other tailgate favorites. Blue Plate’s egg-yolk-only recipe has been a consistent winner in blind taste tests across the industry.
Find tailgating tips and recipes at www.blueplatemayo.com and follow Blue Plate on Facebook or Instagram for all things mayo.
Blue Plate Mayo’s “Dressed Like a Champion” t-shirts are now available in LSU Tiger colors at Porch ‘n Pantry, the Blue Plate Merchandise online shop.
The Blue Plate Mayo “Dressed Like a Champion” po-boy t-shirt is now available in the LSU Tiger colors – purple and gold! It’s available for purchase online at PorchnPantry.com.
As the Official Mayo of the LSU Tigers, Blue Plate is the purr-fect ingredient for dips, grilling sauces and more – and that’s why we’ll be on the LSU Baton Rouge campus with our mascot “Big Fluffy” to spread the Tiger Spirit.
Come say hello, get some free Blue Plate merch and get cooking for the game. Need ideas? Grab our recipes below, and let’s do some tailgating!
Tiger Mayo
Combine rich n’ creamy Blue Plate Mayo with sweet and spicy Tiger Sauce to make an easy dipping sauce for fries, chicken strips and cut veggies, or use it as a spread to dress sandwiches and burgers.
Tiger Sliders
This sauce is epic, and gives these lil’ burgers a sweet and spicy punch. They’re quick, easy and perfect for prepping ahead of time. For tailgating, set up a burger making station and reheat the burgers and sauce when it’s eatin’ time.
Kickoff Chip Dip
Planning a game-day party or tailgate? This quick and easy dip is easy to make, travels well, and it’s delicious with chips or your favorite veggies.
Blue Plate Mayo makes grilling and serving great burgers a win-win. First, mix Blue Plate into your ground meat so those burgers will come off the grill extra juicy and flavorful. Then, dress them with a dollop of Blue Plate plus your krewe’s favorite toppings. Need ideas? Level up your burger grilling game in time for tailgate season with these recipes, from Cajun Smash Burgers and Classic Cheeseburgers to our famous “coastal” Pineapple Salsa Burgers with Alabama White Sauce. May the best burger win!
Cajun Smash Burgers
Smash burgers are pressed onto a griddle or skillet, which gives them a seared, smoky flavor and crispiness. These are seasoned with Cajun spices and topped with a spicy Cajun mustard sauce.
The Classic Cheeseburger
The classic cheeseburger is the star of any game day event or backyard BBQ – and also an easy weeknight meal. Rich ‘n creamy Blue Plate Mayo mixed into the ground beef makes burgers extra juicy and delicious.
Burgers with Pineapple Salsa and Alabama White Sauce
If there’s such a thing as a beach burger, this could be it. Dress it with pineapple salsa and a tangy, mayo-based Alabama White Sauce that’s a favorite in the Gulf Coast region for anything from burgers to ribs to wings.
Turkey Burger
Mix some Blue Plate® Mayonnaise into the ground turkey before grilling or pan frying to make turkey burgers that are extra juicy and delicious.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug 7, 2024 – New Orleans-founded Blue Plate Mayonnaise has extended its partnership as “Official Mayo of the New Orleans Saints” for the third season. Since 1927, Blue Plate has been a fan favorite in kitchens and cafés across the Gulf South and will again be available throughout the Caesars Superdome for the 2024-25 Saints season.
“We are thrilled to support our home team in our hometown,” said Dan Trahant, director of marketing for Blue Plate. “Saints fans across the region pick Blue Plate for tailgating and homegating for delicious dips, perfect burgers and can’t-miss sides, but they can also enjoy Blue Plate inside the Dome on their favorite Who Dat fuel.”
Blue Plate has remained a family-owned, New Orleans company for nearly one hundred years and the company’s egg-yolk-only recipe has been a consistent winner in blind taste tests across the industry.
Blue Plate Mayonnaise has been even more visible across the region recently with a new ad campaign declaring “That’s the Good Stuff” and numerous sponsorships of events and cultural organizations. Last month, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser proclaimed it “The Official Mayo of Po-boys.” The company launched new Creole Tartar Sauce and Creamy Cocktail Sauce this summer and new Hot & Spicy Mayonnaise last year – coinciding with unveiling a new look that paid tribute to Blue Plate’s Louisiana roots.
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